Ramsgate Harbour Slipway Perimeter Display Project

Ramsgate Harbour Slipway Perimeter Display Project

We recognise that not all members are able to be in Ramsgate or to visit the Harbour so we are providing background to this project and how it looks now, as well as, what is planned for the future. This report is split into four sections: What was originally planned:...
Lighting Up The Clock House

Lighting Up The Clock House

For so many months the Clock House has been the place of work for a wonderful group of 50+ local volunteers helping us re-catalogue the artefacts in the Clock House Museum. As we reported in the June newsletter, that task has been completed and the majority of the...
Thanet Heritage Open Day Festival 2025

Thanet Heritage Open Day Festival 2025

Heritage Open Days is England’s largest festival of history and culture and runs for ten days every year.  This year the dates are Friday 12th Sunday 21st September and offers free access to heritage events and activities across England. In Ramsgate you can expect to...
Do You Remember Rediffusion?

Do You Remember Rediffusion?

Still visible on the upper storeys of some houses around Ramsgate are substantial black cables running house to house and on occasion landing at a box high up on a wall with hard to read lettering: Rediffusion.  Not everyone will be familiar with the name or perhaps...
The Ramsgate Society’s 60th Anniversary

The Ramsgate Society’s 60th Anniversary

On June 4th we held an event for members only at the Albion Hotel to celebrate our 60th Anniversary. Mysteriously perplexing entertainment by magician, Bertie Pierce, and lovely facilities with delicious food complimented the serious side of recognising past and...
The Little Ships Film Festival

The Little Ships Film Festival

Many of you attended the free showing of Dunkirk-related films at the Granville Theatre. This was our major contribution to the ten-day Ramsgate celebration of the 85thAnniversary of Operation Dynamo and proved to be a deeply rewarding experience. Up until this point...